Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast Continues to Make Way With a Bone in Her Teeth
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum New York City, New York, USA “Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering
ZG is Going Dark (and Remains So)
“Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.” “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and
Guest Post: The Tyranny of Medical Inventions by Wyotona
Publisher’s Note:During the 20th century, all GOP presidents were progressives with the exception of the fluke of Calvin Coolidge getting in office. From 1952 until 2008 there was always a left-wing Nixon or Bushevik on successful GOP tickets. In 2008 and 2012, the Manchurian McCandidate and Comrade Mitt were the flag-bearers respectively. And Daniel
Village Praxis: Driving Pistol and Rifle Red Dot Optics by Bill Buppert
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own
Winter is Here by Bill Buppert
Publisher’s Note: Abbey provides a gentle reminder. Want to defeat the government supremacists that have rekindled communism as an idea? You must unharness, unlimber and defund all government subsidies to education from the local to the Federal level from preschool to PhD. The violence, rioting, stoogery, Deep State fuckery and otherwise uncivilized behavior is all
Village Praxis: Drive the Right Rifle: The M1 Garand by Bill Buppert
“Turkey is taking advantage of the war in order to thoroughly liquidate (grundlich aufzaumen) its internal foes, i.e., the indigenous Christians, without being thereby disturbed by foreign intervention. What on earth do you want? The question is settled. There are no more Armenians.” -Talaat Pasha “. . . the Armenian massacre was the
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Hidden History of Evil: The Soviet Communist Autopsy
CLAIRE BERLINSKI writes a fascinating essay asking the epochal question: why is not the entire world population interested in finding out why the intellectual pathogen known as communism is not dead and buried? What made it tick and what are the details of how it sustained itself in spite of the enormous death toll and
The Constitution as a Counter-Revolutionary Act
I am starting to see an awakening among my colleagues and neighbors who pay attention and think through their suppositions that the Constitution may not be the ultimate panacea that the idolaters and hagiographers make it out to be. I used to be a Constitutionalist and mouth the platitudes of getting back to the original
The Man Behind the Image: Winston Churchill as Tyrant, War Lover and Friend of Stalin
I love a good turn of phrase and the proper elocution of the English language. I find Winston Churchill to be one of the most eloquent and well versed humans in rhetoric and literature. I found myself in thrall of his ideas for awhile enchanted by his articulation and my then-perceived notion that a well-spoken
Village Praxis: Required Capabilities Assessment Part III/ Gaps and Mitigation Strategy
It’s been a while, so please refresh on Part 1 and Part 2 of this series if you must. So in the previous posts in this series we have learned how to analyze our environment and risks, inventory our skills, mental and physical readiness and our equipment. Now we come to the hard part- identifying
Interview with Robert Higgs
I wanted to share this interview because if you have not read Higgs, you are the lesser for it. He is almost in the same orbit as Rothbard when it comes to the intellectual foundations for pressing for liberty and freedom. I especially appreciate the way he capitalizes on the singular advantage that libertarians tend
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
I just spent the entire weekend with a few dozen of my fellow Americans shooting an Appleseed event in southern Arizona soaking up the history of April 19/1775 and sending lots of rounds downrange in a deliberate fashion to hone skills and allow men to “see what they are about”. I know, I know, this
Rascal Rebel Rancheros by Bill Buppert
Linda Traynham managed to get a a spot for me on W&G and I am honored. She is a delightful and erudite Texan who corresponds with me regularly. Take a gander at her scribblings on W&G for they are worth your attention. I penned this a catharsis after most unpleasant general homeowners meeting for our
Village Praxis: Training Notes
Pay particular attention to the four levels of mastery mentioned in the essay below. Whether you are improving marksmanship, trekking ability or simply honing already mastered skill sets (what the heck is that), use the four levels to determine what the training plan should be. As a soldier and officer, I discovered that there
Village Praxis: Class IV Terrain Kit
Warning- Climbing is dangerous and should only be undertaken with the proper equipment and under experienced instruction. The post below is for informational purposes only. What is Class 4 Terrain? Class 1 Easy hiking – usually on a good trail. Class 2 More difficult hiking that may be off-trail. You may also have to
Village Praxis: Robert Heinlein/ Thinker in Fourth Generation Warfare (4GW)
Mike Vanderboegh penned this awhile back and it still bears repeating. If you are not reading dusty old tomes and newer books alike to steep yourself in the soft and hard war that is beckoning, you are setting yourself up for failure. I have been reading Heinlein since I was a wee lad and
Village Praxis: Building a .22 Liberty Training Rifle
Publisher’s Note: ” Skip is one of my best friends and he is our Village Armorer. He is quite expert in the technical and arcane aspects of building and maintaining the teeth of Liberty. He compiled this brief but detailed primer on building one of these handy little rifles. I am an Appleseed Instructor
Village Praxis: Taking Back the Infantry Half-Kilometer
Publisher’s Note: Okay, time for a deep dive into the tactical. The point of departure is this paper by Army Maj. Thomas Ehrhart, Increasing Small Arms Lethality in Afghanistan: Taking Back the Infantry Half-Kilometer (.pdf), written last year at the Command and General Staff College, that says fighting in Afghanistan has exposed the fact that
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